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would bill clinton has been without a second term? we had a balanced office and a surplus by the time he left office. that's what history honors about bill clinton. could not have done that without a second term. we do not dwell on ronald reagan's iran-contra debacle. margaret thatcher said reagan won the cold war without firing a second shot. he took those trips in his second term. this notion of a division of first and second terms is a little bit overwrought. if second terms were so bad, fdr would not have a third or a fourth. clock isalize obama's running in a second term. it can be harder to do deals in a second term. he can use executive order. host: what will george w. bush be with a second term? we have this from twitter from sea dog. guest: the bush library is opening this april. recently got a chance to tour it. a piece of steel from the second tower at 9/11. the museum brings you back to 9/11. the right wasn't thing to do, the iraq war. there were no weapons of mass destruction. history plays crazy tricks. 43 get higher mar
would bill clinton has been without a second term? we had a balanced office and a surplus by the time he left office. that's what history honors about bill clinton. could not have done that without a second term. we do not dwell on ronald reagan's iran-contra debacle. margaret thatcher said reagan won the cold war without firing a second shot. he took those trips in his second term. this notion of a division of first and second terms is a little bit overwrought. if second terms were so bad, fdr...
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bush and bill clinton. all of our coverage and behind the scenes photographs are available on our website c- span.org. let's take you back to january 2009. [crowd chanting "obama"] >> thank you. thank you. my fellow citizens, i stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust you have bestowed, mindful of the sacrifices borne by our ancestors. i thank president bush for his service to our nation, as well as the generosity and cooperation he has shown throughout this transition. 44 americans have now taken the presidential oath. the words have been spoken during rising tides of prosperity and the still waters of peace. yet, every so often, the oath is taken amidst gathering clouds and raging storms. at these moments, america has carried on not simply because of the skill or vision of those in high office, but because we the people have remained faithful to the ideals of our forbearers, and true to our founding documents. so it has been, so it must be with this generation of americans. t
bush and bill clinton. all of our coverage and behind the scenes photographs are available on our website c- span.org. let's take you back to january 2009. [crowd chanting "obama"] >> thank you. thank you. my fellow citizens, i stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust you have bestowed, mindful of the sacrifices borne by our ancestors. i thank president bush for his service to our nation, as well as the generosity and cooperation he has shown...
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my district, bill clinton carried my district. obama carried my district. i was able to win when there's a lot of ticket splitting. less ticket splitting today than any time in the last two generations. that's okay, except when the members come here, they behave like parliamentary. it's bad the republican conference is as divided as they are, but they get no votes or help from the democrats on these issues too. the theory of the minority party is you got the votes, put it on the board. republicans do it to the democrats too over health care saying we're the opposition party. we have changed. and the problem is that our governmental structure is not a parliamentary system, it. >>s a balance of power system. it's not setting very well. it's coming apart. >> one of the differences between now and 1995, i believe, is that the business community has little stroke inside the republican party. you had a lot of business leaders who have gone to the hill and said, look, this is crazy. we need to extend the debt ceiling. we need to reopen the government. and they've
my district, bill clinton carried my district. obama carried my district. i was able to win when there's a lot of ticket splitting. less ticket splitting today than any time in the last two generations. that's okay, except when the members come here, they behave like parliamentary. it's bad the republican conference is as divided as they are, but they get no votes or help from the democrats on these issues too. the theory of the minority party is you got the votes, put it on the board....
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just a point about the clinton budget, i know the difference about this debt crisis and when bill clinton was in office our economy was not as fragile. guest: we have had external shocks with the situation in europe and japan. we're still recovering from a financial crisis. the unemployment is still very high. that does make a lot harder to focus on austerity and reducing the deficit when you have so many people out of work. they cannot pay their taxes, they are holding back the full recovery. host: press secretary j conti credit for a charge the said a percentage of the gdp, the debt is lower than it was when barack obama first took office. what was he referring to? guest: it was the debt or deficit, possibly. yearbly the year to deficit. in 2010 the deficit was 1.4 trillion dollars. that is the gap between government spending. this year we are expecting $860 billion. 546% of gdp. or 6% of gdp. the spending reductions that both parties have been active since 2011 -- the line host: our last call comes from nebraska, good morning. good morning. i am listening to all of these people calling
just a point about the clinton budget, i know the difference about this debt crisis and when bill clinton was in office our economy was not as fragile. guest: we have had external shocks with the situation in europe and japan. we're still recovering from a financial crisis. the unemployment is still very high. that does make a lot harder to focus on austerity and reducing the deficit when you have so many people out of work. they cannot pay their taxes, they are holding back the full recovery....
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and instead of john just saying we don't like bill clinton's budget, john kasich made his own budget. he worked with tim penny and they went on the floor in the middle of this debate and they talked for about 30 minutes, 45 minutes about their vision of how to balance the budget and how to move this country forward. so when i went out on the campaign trail, instead of just criticizing bill clinton, when people asked me what would you do? what would you vote for when you got to washington, d.c., i said that i would do what john was talking about doing. we didn't like hillary's health plan so we had two or three different republican ideas for health-care plans. newt helped put together the contract with america so we went out and we had a positive on the construct it approach in the campaign. and it made a big difference. you remember earl hutto? you served with him. i ran against a 16-year incumbent, a democrat named earl hutto came from a district that hadn't elected a republican since 1873. and they hung the last republican they sent up to washington, d.c. for me.idn't even vote we h
and instead of john just saying we don't like bill clinton's budget, john kasich made his own budget. he worked with tim penny and they went on the floor in the middle of this debate and they talked for about 30 minutes, 45 minutes about their vision of how to balance the budget and how to move this country forward. so when i went out on the campaign trail, instead of just criticizing bill clinton, when people asked me what would you do? what would you vote for when you got to washington, d.c.,...
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i wonder if jimmy carter -- as well as bill clinton. -- host: he will be in attendance, as well as bill clinton. guest: that is a relatively new tradition. herbert hoover was invited to the kennedy inaugural in 1961. he was a very close friend to the president's father. the weather was so bad that he really could not get here. but he intended to be here. host: ronald reagan had the warmest and coldest inauguration days. guest: the great story about the weather -- william howard taft, who had this self deprecatory sense of humor -- there was a blizzard. he had too much sense of the ridiculous to be a politician. he said, i always thought it would be a cold day when i would be elected a president of the united states. host: how long was henry harrison's speech? guest: almost two hours. there have been efforts recently effect. -- recently to debunk teh direct auscause and effect. i do not know they have been successful. host: a caller on our independent line. caller: i want to bring attention to george washington's first inauguration. it was at a little church called st. paul's chapel. tha
i wonder if jimmy carter -- as well as bill clinton. -- host: he will be in attendance, as well as bill clinton. guest: that is a relatively new tradition. herbert hoover was invited to the kennedy inaugural in 1961. he was a very close friend to the president's father. the weather was so bad that he really could not get here. but he intended to be here. host: ronald reagan had the warmest and coldest inauguration days. guest: the great story about the weather -- william howard taft, who had...
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there is a clip 1992 when bill clinton was running for president. what impact this moment have? [applause] >> well, that was the loudest clip and it was really a ground-breaking moment when clinton goes on the arsenio hall show and not only plays the saxophone but wears sunglasses and trying to be helpful. playing elvis, heart break hotel. some of the critics say not well. you can figure out where the phone was. he sits down and talks to arsenio for a good 20 minutes to a half hour about some very personal topics. if you think back, in 1968, nixon, richard nixon, went on laughing. he said the phrase -- the signature fratz of that show which was talk it to me. he didn't say it that well. that's the extent of the experience. that humanized nixon. here, 20 plus years later, you have a presidential candidate putting himself out there showing he's hip, cool, combining both music and television in the way that he's going to be appealing to the american people. elvis had been controversial when elvis started on the "ed sullivan show." they had to censor the gyrations of his hips when h
there is a clip 1992 when bill clinton was running for president. what impact this moment have? [applause] >> well, that was the loudest clip and it was really a ground-breaking moment when clinton goes on the arsenio hall show and not only plays the saxophone but wears sunglasses and trying to be helpful. playing elvis, heart break hotel. some of the critics say not well. you can figure out where the phone was. he sits down and talks to arsenio for a good 20 minutes to a half hour about...
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the temptation would be for -- it would be like in 1992 when bill clinton became the nominee and rather than balancing the ticket with a northern, liberal, he doubled down and picked al gore. you had two young, seen as moderate democrats. they had an interesting brand. chris christie and susanna martinez would be similar. there would be a temptation for him to go to the right to balance the ticket with maybe rand paul or someone in the u.s. senate was a proven conservative. i think chris christie -- susanna martinez would double down on a pragmatic version. select c, watch out. new jersey may become in play and new mexico may be in play. this would really change the blue versus red state paradigm we have gotten used to in the past decade. host: battle creek, michigan, democratic caller -- caller: hello, i wanted to talk about the history of the obamacare and its origins. i am thinking it's kind of a middle-of-the-road health care policy. it is patterned after romneycare which apparently is working in massachusetts. it uses ideas out of the heritage foundation. the individual mandate was
the temptation would be for -- it would be like in 1992 when bill clinton became the nominee and rather than balancing the ticket with a northern, liberal, he doubled down and picked al gore. you had two young, seen as moderate democrats. they had an interesting brand. chris christie and susanna martinez would be similar. there would be a temptation for him to go to the right to balance the ticket with maybe rand paul or someone in the u.s. senate was a proven conservative. i think chris...
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bill clinton is a very good example. people zero in on the impeachment efforts, on the other hand they overlook the in athat he turned balanced budget, welfare reform, and significant process on kosovo. sure, hadgan, to be to deal with iran contra, but in his second term he achieved tax reform, immigration reform, and most important of all, the inf treaty doing away with an entire doingof nuclear weapons, -- paving the way for the end of the cold war. was interesting to me is to look at reagan and clinton, just a generation ago who had more mixed records in their second terms. historians are now more generous integrating their overall performance. then you look at their successors, one republican, one democrat do and it seems to be focusinger -- and the screen much narrower and less generous. host: we're speaking with richard norton smith, author of several books. you can read this story on cnn, calling, -- call in, our phone lines are open. several folks waiting to talk to you about this subject. brandon from las vegas,
bill clinton is a very good example. people zero in on the impeachment efforts, on the other hand they overlook the in athat he turned balanced budget, welfare reform, and significant process on kosovo. sure, hadgan, to be to deal with iran contra, but in his second term he achieved tax reform, immigration reform, and most important of all, the inf treaty doing away with an entire doingof nuclear weapons, -- paving the way for the end of the cold war. was interesting to me is to look at reagan...
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he was president bill clinton's press secretary. they talked about the history and the future of the debate format. how the united states differs from other countries and reaching out to younger voters. from the commonwealth club of san francisco this is an hour and 15 minutes. >> good evening. and welcome to today's meeting of the commonwealth club of california. the place where you're in the know. i am dr. mary marcy and i'm the president of dominican university and a member of the commonwealth club board of governors and the moderator of today's program. can you find us at commonwealthclub.org and podcasts of past programs. today it's my pleasure to introduce a very interesting and relevant program. planning is now underway for 2016. even though we think of these debates as a regular part of the american political theme, few people understand the history and scope and influence. a few facts might provide perspective. u.s. presidential debates are every 4 years 1 of the most watched television programs in the united states usually
he was president bill clinton's press secretary. they talked about the history and the future of the debate format. how the united states differs from other countries and reaching out to younger voters. from the commonwealth club of san francisco this is an hour and 15 minutes. >> good evening. and welcome to today's meeting of the commonwealth club of california. the place where you're in the know. i am dr. mary marcy and i'm the president of dominican university and a member of the...
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but just bill clinton was a hell of a politician. just the skills. the raw skill that that guy had was pretty amazing. and i'm sure, had i had any personal experience with president reagan i would probably feel the very same way. but you know, when you see people that are single-a, double-a, triple-a ball players and then you see someone that is not only major league but hall of fame, whether you agree with them or not or whatever, you just say "wow." >> charlie cook, we are over time. charlie cook, "cook political reports." >> thank you. >> thank you. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] [captions performed by national captioning institute] ♪ >> for a dvd copy of this program. to give transcripts or us your comments about this program, visit us. q&a programs are also available as c-span podcasts. in just a few moments, "washington journal" is live with your phone calls. a look at the pursuit and capture of osama bin laden. we will then bring you a conversation with dick cheney and his eldest daughter who is running for the repu
but just bill clinton was a hell of a politician. just the skills. the raw skill that that guy had was pretty amazing. and i'm sure, had i had any personal experience with president reagan i would probably feel the very same way. but you know, when you see people that are single-a, double-a, triple-a ball players and then you see someone that is not only major league but hall of fame, whether you agree with them or not or whatever, you just say "wow." >> charlie cook, we are...
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clinton. >> that is what becomes a case in the democratic party? >> you guys did a great job. jimmy carter was president four years, but you made him the president of the democratic party for 16 years. we are going to make george bush the president of the republicans now for quite a while, and we will continue that. we really only have 1 1/2 political parties in the country now. there is a misreading of the republican party in terms of what the problems were. the fact of the matter is republican party is the dominant political party from 1978 until the summer of 2005, but the party ran out of gas in the summer of 2005, the effects of the war, katrina, where people would say, what is wrong with the republicans? they have had seven or eight years now where republicans are roaming around in terms of their future, and they are not closer now than they were then. political parties cannot fix the problem of a party, but they have to avoid becoming a liability. the job of the political party is to make a flat playing field, so the future of either party w
clinton. >> that is what becomes a case in the democratic party? >> you guys did a great job. jimmy carter was president four years, but you made him the president of the democratic party for 16 years. we are going to make george bush the president of the republicans now for quite a while, and we will continue that. we really only have 1 1/2 political parties in the country now. there is a misreading of the republican party in terms of what the problems were. the fact of the matter...
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here's a clip back from 1992 in june when bill clinton was running for the presidency. what impact did this moment ave? >> well, that was inteed your loudest clip and it was really a ground breaking moment when clinton goes on the arsen yo hall show and not only plays the saxophone but wears sun glasses and trying to be -- playing elvis. some critics said not very well. but then he goes and sits down and talks to him for a good 20 minutes to half hour about some very personal topics. and if you think back in 1968, nixon went on laugh-in and said the phrase, the signature phrase of that show which was sock it to me. he didn't say it that well but that was it. and that supposedly humanized nixon. here about 20 plus years later you've got a presidential candidate who is putting himself out there trying to show he is hip, he is cool, combining both music and television in a way trying to appeal to the american people. and elvis had been kind of controversial when elvis started on the ed sullivan show they had to sensor the gyration of his hips. and now, it was more of a uni
here's a clip back from 1992 in june when bill clinton was running for the presidency. what impact did this moment ave? >> well, that was inteed your loudest clip and it was really a ground breaking moment when clinton goes on the arsen yo hall show and not only plays the saxophone but wears sun glasses and trying to be -- playing elvis. some critics said not very well. but then he goes and sits down and talks to him for a good 20 minutes to half hour about some very personal topics. and...
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bill clinton went through this three times in the 1990s. sat down obama and i in 2011 and had a serious negotiation. while the president today suggested i walk away from the to remind himhave that i was in the oval office along with eric cantor when we in fact had an agreement the two days later that the president walked away from. alice, pennsylvania, democratic line. caller: i agree with the guy from ohio, john boehner is holding this country for ransom. trying to sideline him and everything that he does, maybe he is jealous that he is not there? needs toink than he grow up. he has been in that office longer than obama. job,eds to grow up, do his try to do what we can for the country to make it better. i think that obama has great ideas. they do not want him to succeed. they do not want him to go down as a great president. mainly because he is black and that is all. thank you. there is a poll on our facebook page that you might want to take advantage of. the question is, how much has the government shutdown affected you? if you want to ma
bill clinton went through this three times in the 1990s. sat down obama and i in 2011 and had a serious negotiation. while the president today suggested i walk away from the to remind himhave that i was in the oval office along with eric cantor when we in fact had an agreement the two days later that the president walked away from. alice, pennsylvania, democratic line. caller: i agree with the guy from ohio, john boehner is holding this country for ransom. trying to sideline him and everything...
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this is bill clinton after all. there has not been a porter that he does not enjoy talking to. -- a reporter that he does not enjoy talking to. they said, you can come. this was an example of getting more than i needed. we showed up friday morning and not expecting to see that. we had it in the back of our minds, that he may show. host: the speech has been posted on our web site. it is available in its entirety at c-span.org. something to ask about on the front page of your newspaper, a preview of the president's state of the union on tuesday. on that front, what will we hear it -- what will we hear from president obama? guest: the president will in a sense, up from where he left off in his inaugural address, not just focusing so much on the social issues that he discussed at great length and with great explicitness, could take that on the economics front, concerning job creation, about selling the issue of sequestration, realizing that that still remains a chief concern. he talked about that on thursday when he spo
this is bill clinton after all. there has not been a porter that he does not enjoy talking to. -- a reporter that he does not enjoy talking to. they said, you can come. this was an example of getting more than i needed. we showed up friday morning and not expecting to see that. we had it in the back of our minds, that he may show. host: the speech has been posted on our web site. it is available in its entirety at c-span.org. something to ask about on the front page of your newspaper, a preview...
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bill clinton. everybody loves bill and hillary clinton. bill clinton allowed china into the wto. this has been a republican trend. free-trade meeting open labor markets. labor and unions have been fighting for closed labor markets. what does bill clinton do? he lets china into the wto. china has like a billion poor workers. "we to not want to hire them because we can go to china and ire much cheaper labor." guest: the deficit has been coming down. that is something republicans have been slow to acknowledge. we are having a slow recovery because government employment is typically a significant component of an economic recovery. and a lot of conservatives argue the government does not create jobs but in fact it does create jobs and helps create recoveries. it is more true for state governments. the first recovery we have had in about half a century according to a princeton economist where we have not seen the growth in government employment. the sequester has also been damaging to the recovery. it is true we need to generate some spending and the government needs to play a role in
bill clinton. everybody loves bill and hillary clinton. bill clinton allowed china into the wto. this has been a republican trend. free-trade meeting open labor markets. labor and unions have been fighting for closed labor markets. what does bill clinton do? he lets china into the wto. china has like a billion poor workers. "we to not want to hire them because we can go to china and ire much cheaper labor." guest: the deficit has been coming down. that is something republicans have...
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also good to see president bill clinton. i just want to say we're praying for you, god bless you and we do appreciate you. >> bipartisan moment with justice scalia talking to patrick leahy of vermont. you wonder what you get to eat. here is what the menu is like. the first course is steamed lobster. the second hickory-grow by sen, and wild huckleberry reduction. the third course is hudson valley apple pie with sour cream ice cream, aged cheese, and honey. the wind will be from new york state from chuck schumer the represents the united states senate. next is a call from nelson. caller: i have a question with the ceremonies being whipped on the 21st. i notice reagan's inauguration in 1985 that it was moved to the 21st. if there is a change of presidents and falls on a sunday, are the ceremonies moved to the 21st there as well? thank you. host: yesterday recovered the official swearing in of the president and vice president. those ceremonies held separately. those were to affirm the constitutional requirements. today is really
also good to see president bill clinton. i just want to say we're praying for you, god bless you and we do appreciate you. >> bipartisan moment with justice scalia talking to patrick leahy of vermont. you wonder what you get to eat. here is what the menu is like. the first course is steamed lobster. the second hickory-grow by sen, and wild huckleberry reduction. the third course is hudson valley apple pie with sour cream ice cream, aged cheese, and honey. the wind will be from new york...
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i helped bill clinton balance the budget and build a surplus. why? because we had good economic times. in good economic times, you pay down the deficit, but reagan and bush did not, and in bad you have to stimulate in the near term, as thank god president obama is doing. we democrats will balance the budget once again. >> paul, which is more important to america's pursuit of happiness -- which is more dangerous, excuse me, than a 357 magnum -- >> in my home you would find 17 guns and no cans of soda pop. i have the right wing position on the giant drink soda thing. i do not like the idea, and i think bloomberg is a fine man, but i do not like government telling us what size to buy today. this one, i am with tucker and most of you. i have the right wing position on gun safety. i have the same position as ronald reagan, who was for a waiting period before you buy a gun. i have the same position as the president of the nra before he flip-flopped in the last few months. if you give a dr. pepper to a bad guy, all he will do is get fat. if you allow that b
i helped bill clinton balance the budget and build a surplus. why? because we had good economic times. in good economic times, you pay down the deficit, but reagan and bush did not, and in bad you have to stimulate in the near term, as thank god president obama is doing. we democrats will balance the budget once again. >> paul, which is more important to america's pursuit of happiness -- which is more dangerous, excuse me, than a 357 magnum -- >> in my home you would find 17 guns...
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host: bill clinton's reference to the bridge. here's more from his second inaugural address. >> at this last presidential inauguration of the 20th century let's lift our eyes to the challenges they await us in the next century. it is our great, good fortune, the time and chance have put us at the edge of a new century but on the edge of a bright new prospect in human affairs. a moment that will define our course and our character for decades to come. we must keep our old democracy forever young. guide bid the an chents vision of a promised land let us set our sights on a land of new promise. the promise of america was born in the 18th century. out of a bold conviction that we are all created equal. it was extended and preserved in the 19th century when our nation spread across, save the union aabolish slavery. then in turmoil that promise exploded on the world's stage to make this the american century. and what a century it has been. america became the world's biggest industrial power. saved the world from a long cold war and tim
host: bill clinton's reference to the bridge. here's more from his second inaugural address. >> at this last presidential inauguration of the 20th century let's lift our eyes to the challenges they await us in the next century. it is our great, good fortune, the time and chance have put us at the edge of a new century but on the edge of a bright new prospect in human affairs. a moment that will define our course and our character for decades to come. we must keep our old democracy forever...
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but just bill clinton was a hell of a politician. just the skills. the raw skill that that guy had was pretty amazing. and i'm sure, had i had any personal experience with president reagan i would probably feel the very same way. but you know, when you see people that are single-a, double-a, triple-a ball players and then you see someone that is not only major league but hall of fame, whether you agree with them or not or whatever, you just say "wow." >> charlie cook, we are over time. charlie cook, "cook political reports." >> thank you. >> thank you. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] [captions performed by national captioning institute] >> on the next washington journal, jeremy mayer will discuss the war powers act.
but just bill clinton was a hell of a politician. just the skills. the raw skill that that guy had was pretty amazing. and i'm sure, had i had any personal experience with president reagan i would probably feel the very same way. but you know, when you see people that are single-a, double-a, triple-a ball players and then you see someone that is not only major league but hall of fame, whether you agree with them or not or whatever, you just say "wow." >> charlie cook, we are...
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. >> in a recent closed-door speech to donors and media, bill clinton spoke about american gun owners. "a a lot of these people, all they have got is hunting or fishing or they have been listening to the stuff are so long that they believe it all." and we all remember barack obama's 2008 comments to a room of san francisco relates. "it is not surprising that they get it or, they cling to guns or religion." the arrogance of their superiority requires this reminder. they don't give us rights. we grant them power. they don't make us safe, we pay to protect them. they don't make us free, we are free already. as long as we have the second amendment, we always will be. e are america. our politicians are only as powerful as we, the people, llow them to be. > we are the people. this is our country. this is a fight for our freedom and the freedom that separates us from every other nation on earth. that freedom makes us stronger than other countries and that freedom makes us better than other countries. that freedom is on the line. nevermore on the line than right now. through the 2014 congress
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barack obama is not bill clinton. barack obama if you watched him as i have and i'm sure you have the last few years, he loved being the chairman of the board he doesn't really enjoy the nitty-gritty of being the c.e.o. and running the country. bill clinton was very detail oriented. when i was a senate chief of staff he'd be working the phones cons tavently and knew the nuances of legislation. thanks to a georgetown grad who is now the chief of staff to the president, you know, he's been starting this routine by inviting the member of the house and senate to dinner but it's a little too late. you have to have built those relationships in the first term in order to build on that. and he hasn't. can it work? it can work but it's difficult to pick up when you're starting now. plus he, i don't know if you saw "the new york times" magazine section article, it was a few years back, it was too psychological for me but it talked about his upbringing and how his relationship or not relationship with his father affected his dea
barack obama is not bill clinton. barack obama if you watched him as i have and i'm sure you have the last few years, he loved being the chairman of the board he doesn't really enjoy the nitty-gritty of being the c.e.o. and running the country. bill clinton was very detail oriented. when i was a senate chief of staff he'd be working the phones cons tavently and knew the nuances of legislation. thanks to a georgetown grad who is now the chief of staff to the president, you know, he's been...
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host: here is what bill clinton had to say. >> i veto the spending bill sent to me by congress last night because america can never accept under pressure what it would not accept in free and open debate. i strongly believe there budget plan is bad for america. i believe it will undermine opportunity, make it harder for families to do the work they have to do, weaken can our obligations to our parents and our children, and make our country more divided. so, i will continue to fight for the right kind of balance budget. remember, the republicans are following a very explicit strategy, announced last april by speaker gingrich. to use the threat of government shutdown to force america to accept their cuts in medicare and medicaid, to accept their cuts in education and technology and the environment. yesterday they certainly legislation that said we will only keep the government going, and we will only let it pay for this if and only if we accept their cuts in medicare, their cuts in education, their cuts in the environment. host: mona charen. guest: president clinton did eventually cave and s
host: here is what bill clinton had to say. >> i veto the spending bill sent to me by congress last night because america can never accept under pressure what it would not accept in free and open debate. i strongly believe there budget plan is bad for america. i believe it will undermine opportunity, make it harder for families to do the work they have to do, weaken can our obligations to our parents and our children, and make our country more divided. so, i will continue to fight for the...
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and a fun read called "jack & jill" by a mystery writer patterson. >> you have a full list of bill clinton's favorite books. where did you find that? >> it's on the internet. clinton printed it out, he published it at one point. if you look at his memoir, it's filled with references of books he read in his life. he went to russia -- remember the famous trip to russia. he said the border guards went through his bags thinking they would find pornography but they found a russian novelist in there. he was a huge reader. constantly reading and talking about it. >> the book on harry truman. he talks about the last 20 years, went home, and sat there and read all the time. i remember i went to see that home and they asked me if i'd like to see a list of all of the books and they gave me a list of the 2,000 books that are still in that house. where did harry truman get in there. he was the last guy to be president. he did not have a college degree. >> he loved reading it as a child. the mother encouraged the habit. he's engrossed as a reader. they could be having an argument and the world could come
and a fun read called "jack & jill" by a mystery writer patterson. >> you have a full list of bill clinton's favorite books. where did you find that? >> it's on the internet. clinton printed it out, he published it at one point. if you look at his memoir, it's filled with references of books he read in his life. he went to russia -- remember the famous trip to russia. he said the border guards went through his bags thinking they would find pornography but they found a...
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approach of the administration with this shutdown is totally different from bill clinton's. this is just like their approach to the sequester. i will make it hurt. so, what you see -- he is saying the world war ii memorial is open. but there is not a bathroom for it. but the park police have a bathroom, but they will not let the world war ii vets used the bathroom. if this is about punishing because they don't agree -- when you have cdc employees who need to be there, who are necessary -- they were there during bill clinton's time. they are not there now. 75% of our national security apparatus should -- apparatus not there. they were there during the bill clinton shutdown. the question is -- it is a political game. why are we doing this? all we are doing is harming ourselves. put the necessary people out there for the country and then solve the problem. but don't make the problem worse. host: what strategy -- guest: both sides' ability to save face it no one will cry uncle. you have to have leadership that says, i am willing to lead -- i will eat a little crow, now you will
approach of the administration with this shutdown is totally different from bill clinton's. this is just like their approach to the sequester. i will make it hurt. so, what you see -- he is saying the world war ii memorial is open. but there is not a bathroom for it. but the park police have a bathroom, but they will not let the world war ii vets used the bathroom. if this is about punishing because they don't agree -- when you have cdc employees who need to be there, who are necessary -- they...
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bill clinton had to decide and flip a coin at the end of his presidency whether he was going to go to earth korea or try to finalize an arab -- israeli peace agreement. wrong choice. george w. bush came in, colin powell wanted to continue and wanted to pick up where clinton left off. he was publicly humiliated for making that statement. bolton went about leaking information that the north koreans might have a secret program to enrich uranium. then there was a confrontation in 2002. the whole deal fell apart. the north koreans started up the reactor again. there were other agreements that were reached with the north koreans. in 2005, there was an agreement that was reached. the north koreans broke it. the nature of that agreement was that they would stop the plutonium reactor. in return, they would get various concessions. yes, the regimes are different, but north korea is a bizarre dictatorship that relies entirely on support from one country, china. the food aid that it has been able to cage out of the united states over the years. the deal that we are discussing now with iran is qui
bill clinton had to decide and flip a coin at the end of his presidency whether he was going to go to earth korea or try to finalize an arab -- israeli peace agreement. wrong choice. george w. bush came in, colin powell wanted to continue and wanted to pick up where clinton left off. he was publicly humiliated for making that statement. bolton went about leaking information that the north koreans might have a secret program to enrich uranium. then there was a confrontation in 2002. the whole...
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host: what do you make of what bill clinton had to say last week just before a president can out and made the change? guest: that put the white house in an uncomfortable position. this is right at the time of the upton bill being talked about and scheduled to vote about it on friday. before that though, president clinton came out and said president obama has got to make good on his progress that if you like you're playing you can keep it, even if that means a change in the law. since then, president obama endorsed the fixed that did not involve a change in the law. president clinton stepped out a little bit in front of president obama and put them in an uncomfortable position. obama stops short of addressing the upton bill, he has issued a veto threat. clinton forced the white house's hand. is that to help hillary if she decides to run? we are still three years away from 2016, tough to say and evaluate the politics of that. it did force the white house to take a stand, which happened not to be the standard bill clinton identified. host: prior to the upton bill last friday, with the p
host: what do you make of what bill clinton had to say last week just before a president can out and made the change? guest: that put the white house in an uncomfortable position. this is right at the time of the upton bill being talked about and scheduled to vote about it on friday. before that though, president clinton came out and said president obama has got to make good on his progress that if you like you're playing you can keep it, even if that means a change in the law. since then,...
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his adversaries conceded that bill clinton had extraordinary political talents. among them were his skills as a communicator. ronald reagan was known as a great communicator with a text. bill clinton was a great communicator and imple visor. you will see that here in memphis. follow, if you will, it's to deconstruct what you hear because it is a window on how clinton tried to move beyond the conventional stereo types and labels. he takes cultural conservative themes which might appeal to this group of ministers and wraps it in the mantle of martin luther king. it's a very, very skillful and -- take a look for yourself. you be the judge. >> martin luther king who said, like moses, i am on the mountain top and i can see the promise land, but i'm not going to be able to get there with you. but we will get there. if he were to reappear by my side today and give us a report card on the last 25 years, what would he say? he would say, you did a good job, he would say. voting, electing people who formerly were not electable because of the color of their skin. you have mo
his adversaries conceded that bill clinton had extraordinary political talents. among them were his skills as a communicator. ronald reagan was known as a great communicator with a text. bill clinton was a great communicator and imple visor. you will see that here in memphis. follow, if you will, it's to deconstruct what you hear because it is a window on how clinton tried to move beyond the conventional stereo types and labels. he takes cultural conservative themes which might appeal to this...
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bill clinton is a very good example. people zero in on the impeachment efforts, on the other hand they overlook the in athat he turned balanced budget, welfare reform, and significant process on kosovo. sure, hadgan, to be to deal with iran contra, but in his second term he achieved tax reform, immigration reform, and most important of all, the inf treaty doing away with an entire doingof nuclear weapons, -- paving the way for the end of the cold war. was interesting to me is to look at reagan and clinton, just a generation ago who had more mixed records in their second terms. historians are now more generous integrating their overall performance. then you look at their successors, one republican, one democrat do and it seems to be focusinger -- and the screen much narrower and less generous. host: we're speaking with richard norton smith, author of several books. you can read this story on cnn, calling, -- call in, our phone lines are open. several folks waiting to talk to you about this subject. brandon from las vegas,
bill clinton is a very good example. people zero in on the impeachment efforts, on the other hand they overlook the in athat he turned balanced budget, welfare reform, and significant process on kosovo. sure, hadgan, to be to deal with iran contra, but in his second term he achieved tax reform, immigration reform, and most important of all, the inf treaty doing away with an entire doingof nuclear weapons, -- paving the way for the end of the cold war. was interesting to me is to look at reagan...
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bush, president bill clinton, president george h.w. bush, president jimmy carter. ♪ [cheers and applause] please remain standing for the invocation by the reverend mark craig followed by the presentation of colors. >> let us pray. we have gathered here today, oh, god, to offer thanks for the life and the legacy of president and mrs. george w. bush. we thank you for their distinguished leadership to our nation. moreover, we are grateful for their moral courage and commitment to public service. oh, god, our lord, creator and sustainer, today we honor a man who genuinely believes in your quest of freedom for all. we ask that president bush and his family continue to feel the prayers and support of people all over the world who recognize his past and continued work for the expansion of freedom. we ask your blessings upon the george w. bush presidential center and all who will walk through these doors. we pray that it will serve as a beacon of hope and freedom throughout the world. we pray that it will remind each and every one of us of o
bush, president bill clinton, president george h.w. bush, president jimmy carter. ♪ [cheers and applause] please remain standing for the invocation by the reverend mark craig followed by the presentation of colors. >> let us pray. we have gathered here today, oh, god, to offer thanks for the life and the legacy of president and mrs. george w. bush. we thank you for their distinguished leadership to our nation. moreover, we are grateful for their moral courage and commitment to public...
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barack obama is not bill clinton. barack obama if you watched him as i have and i'm sure you have the last few years, he loved being the chairman of the board he doesn't really enjoy the nitty-gritty of being the c.e.o. and running the country. bill clinton was very detail oriented. when i was a senate chief of staff he'd be working the phones cons tavently and knew the nuances of legislation. thanks to a georgetown grad who is now the chief of staff to the president, you know, he's been starting this routine by inviting the member of the house and senate to dinner but it's a little too late. you have to have built those relationships in the first term in order to build on that. and he hasn't. can it work? it can work but it's difficult to pick up when you're starting now. plus he, i don't know if you saw "the new york times" magazine section article, it was a few years back, it was too psychological for me but it talked about his upbringing and how his relationship or not relationship with his father affected his dea
barack obama is not bill clinton. barack obama if you watched him as i have and i'm sure you have the last few years, he loved being the chairman of the board he doesn't really enjoy the nitty-gritty of being the c.e.o. and running the country. bill clinton was very detail oriented. when i was a senate chief of staff he'd be working the phones cons tavently and knew the nuances of legislation. thanks to a georgetown grad who is now the chief of staff to the president, you know, he's been...
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bill clinton was president in the 1990s. you remember how republicans treated bill clinton. it wasn't that different from how republicans treated barack obama. again, they impeached him. is it just a function of a democratic president where they him from to drive office by any means necessary? the 1990s wanted to do interventions and therefore republicans and conservatives were against it. the energy in the conservative movement is to oppose it. or how much of this is a more consistent philosophical strain? i am trying to sort that out. i don't want to suggest that every republican who has spoken out against syria is just motivated by partisan animus. you look at somebody like justin nosh in the house and i have problem concluding that the guy is 100% sincere. he is coming at this from an ideological, philosophical standpoint. this is not somebody who will be adjusting his principles depending on which party is in the white house. there is plenty of that on the republican side. my question -- i have not seen a satisfying answer to this -- how much of that -- how many of the
bill clinton was president in the 1990s. you remember how republicans treated bill clinton. it wasn't that different from how republicans treated barack obama. again, they impeached him. is it just a function of a democratic president where they him from to drive office by any means necessary? the 1990s wanted to do interventions and therefore republicans and conservatives were against it. the energy in the conservative movement is to oppose it. or how much of this is a more consistent...
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bill clinton talking on friday about the 2014 election. we are already talking about the next campaign when we have two years before voters goal to the polls. no plan and decide to get to these -- voters go to the polls. the plan on either side to these issues. guest: i offered it with jim cooper, a democrat of tennessee. we got 38 votes the first time we did it last year. they are up to 75. senator mcconnell is talking about the fact that we are not interested in raising the rates. at the end of the day, you could take away every private jet and every cayman islands account. it does not get there from here. it is a more complicated problem than that. i think it is time for my former colleagues to stop worrying about the next election. i am living proof. the congress did not end when i retired from the congress after 18 years. it is time for people to reach the conclusion that we need to take care of the next generation and we need to take care of america rather than focusing on how am i going to win in 2014? host: we are talking to steve
bill clinton talking on friday about the 2014 election. we are already talking about the next campaign when we have two years before voters goal to the polls. no plan and decide to get to these -- voters go to the polls. the plan on either side to these issues. guest: i offered it with jim cooper, a democrat of tennessee. we got 38 votes the first time we did it last year. they are up to 75. senator mcconnell is talking about the fact that we are not interested in raising the rates. at the end...
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clinton, president harry truman -- will include bill clinton. that story from the hill newspaper. delivered the republican response to the president's weekly address. here's a portion of what he had to say. [video clip] for apology obama's was as phony and fraudulent as obamacare. he seemed to say he was sorry that americans believed him but took no responsibility for their plight. it is like telling someone you are sorry their dog died but refusing to acknowledge you ran over the dog. sorry, mr. president, it did not work. millions of americans are coming to realize that those -- that those are your tire tracks on the canceled policies. you did inadvertently speak when you promised americans they could keep their doctors and health plans have lower costs. those insurances were not slight exaggerations or shadings of the truth, they were statements that were fully vetted, cold and calculated, and carefully crafted to deceptively sell your health care plan to a trusting public. using fraud, echoed relentlessly by house and senate democrats, who s
clinton, president harry truman -- will include bill clinton. that story from the hill newspaper. delivered the republican response to the president's weekly address. here's a portion of what he had to say. [video clip] for apology obama's was as phony and fraudulent as obamacare. he seemed to say he was sorry that americans believed him but took no responsibility for their plight. it is like telling someone you are sorry their dog died but refusing to acknowledge you ran over the dog. sorry,...
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bill clinton is a good example. people zero in on the impeachment efforts, on the other hand they overlook the fact that he turned in a balanced budget, welfare reform, and significant process on -- significant successes on the foreign policy front, in cozumel, for example. ronald reagan, to be sure, had to deal with iran contra, but in his second term he achieved tax reform, immigration reform, and most important of all, the inf treaty doing away with an entire class of nuclear weapons, paving the way for the end of the cold war. me ist is interesting to to look at reagan and clinton, just a generation ago who had , more mixed records in their second terms. as time passes, historians are more and more generous in grading their overall performance. successesook at their , one republican, one democrat, and it seems to be much more in focus, much less generous. term: talking about second- presidencies with richard norton smith, author of several books about the subject. a recent headline from cnn.com. you can read tha
bill clinton is a good example. people zero in on the impeachment efforts, on the other hand they overlook the fact that he turned in a balanced budget, welfare reform, and significant process on -- significant successes on the foreign policy front, in cozumel, for example. ronald reagan, to be sure, had to deal with iran contra, but in his second term he achieved tax reform, immigration reform, and most important of all, the inf treaty doing away with an entire class of nuclear weapons, paving...
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the honorable bill clinton. ms. irene inouye accepting on behalf of her husband the honorable daniel inouye. dr. daniel conovan. the honorable richard lugar. ms. loretta lynn. dr. mario molina. ms. tan owe seancy accepting on behalf of her partner, sally k. ride. mr. walter neagle accepting on behalf of his partner, byer russian. mr. sandoval. ms. linea smith accepting on behalf of her husband, dean smith. ms. gloria steinem. reverend c.c. vivian. the honorable patricia wald. ms. oprah winfrey. >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states and mrs. michelle obama. >> good morning. good morning, everybody. everybody, please have a seat. have a seat. on behalf of michelle and myself, welcome to the white house. this is one of my favorite events every year. especially it's special this year as i look at this extraordinary group of individuals and our opportunity to honor them with our nation's highest civilian honor, the presidential medal of freedom. and this year it's just a little more special because
the honorable bill clinton. ms. irene inouye accepting on behalf of her husband the honorable daniel inouye. dr. daniel conovan. the honorable richard lugar. ms. loretta lynn. dr. mario molina. ms. tan owe seancy accepting on behalf of her partner, sally k. ride. mr. walter neagle accepting on behalf of his partner, byer russian. mr. sandoval. ms. linea smith accepting on behalf of her husband, dean smith. ms. gloria steinem. reverend c.c. vivian. the honorable patricia wald. ms. oprah winfrey....
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he is palling around with bill clinton at one time was the biggest liar in a country. i don't know if you could solve them both together, but anyway mr. obama is trying. but when you stick your foot in your mouth and do things, you have to come out until the truth. he has done that. but it doesn't seem like he is honest about it. -- does? when he gets up on tv and tells her but it is in that very it he does not look like he is sincere about to new jersey or. that is why, this morning. host: good morning denise caller: caller:. killedthere were people and murdered. americans in the benghazi attack. no one has ever come to question about that. if we had pushed as hard and getting information about fast andand the furious, we would have answers right now. but now, we push hard on this health care debacle, but there are still unanswered questions. people were killed, americans are murdered and we do not have that.swers about and getting really angry with these people who keep standing up and saying he's a great president because he's black heard there were many people who
he is palling around with bill clinton at one time was the biggest liar in a country. i don't know if you could solve them both together, but anyway mr. obama is trying. but when you stick your foot in your mouth and do things, you have to come out until the truth. he has done that. but it doesn't seem like he is honest about it. -- does? when he gets up on tv and tells her but it is in that very it he does not look like he is sincere about to new jersey or. that is why, this morning. host:...
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clinton. >> bill chase and how the clinton's relationship benefit in the political ambitions. that is tonight at 10:00 eastern. that continues squadder days of nonfiction authors on booktv. -- four days of nonfiction authors on booktv. "washington journal" continues. host: we're back with george zornick. what you think of this deal was reached in the senate last night? caller: is a crazy time we live in. what happened last night is absent of meaning without the or thent's signature house. you had the sequester go into effect, which would raise $1.20 trillion in revenue or save as much to budget savings. what congress is doing now, what the senate did last night, is basically undo quite a bit of that deficit reduction. the will and do quite a bit of the tax cuts, but will put up the sequester, so while there are playing these deficit gains and and doing a lot of the work, it is happening in the context of what is a real jobs crisis in this country. they are paying -- aire playing these deficit kings back and forth, while the real crisis is unemployment. host: not -- a bad deal?
clinton. >> bill chase and how the clinton's relationship benefit in the political ambitions. that is tonight at 10:00 eastern. that continues squadder days of nonfiction authors on booktv. -- four days of nonfiction authors on booktv. "washington journal" continues. host: we're back with george zornick. what you think of this deal was reached in the senate last night? caller: is a crazy time we live in. what happened last night is absent of meaning without the or thent's...
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then bill clinton talks to a house of democrats. on the next "washington journal" a look at the automatic spending cuts scheduled to take effect on march 1, half are from the pentagon. we'll discuss that with ray lock perp and a conversation with the use of legal force. then we'll talk with judith about the 20th answer verse of the medical leave act. "washington journal" live at 7:00 eastern on c-span. >> having observed a steady improvement and thing with being of our citizens, i can report to you that our union is good. >> once again and keeping with time honored tradition on the state of the union and i'm pleased to report that america is much improved. there is good reason that the improvement will continue. >> my duty tonight is to report on the state of the union. not the state of your government but of our american community and to set forth our responsibilities in the words of our founders to form a more perfect union. the state of the union is strong. >> as we gather tonight our nation is at war, our country is in recession
then bill clinton talks to a house of democrats. on the next "washington journal" a look at the automatic spending cuts scheduled to take effect on march 1, half are from the pentagon. we'll discuss that with ray lock perp and a conversation with the use of legal force. then we'll talk with judith about the 20th answer verse of the medical leave act. "washington journal" live at 7:00 eastern on c-span. >> having observed a steady improvement and thing with being of our...
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and so, please join me in welcoming number 42 and number 44, bill clinton and president barack obama. [applause] >> mr. president. >> are you interviewing me? i've been talking a lot today. that was a good thing you did. thank you for coming. >> it is wonderful to be back and let me start by saying to all the people who have for years now supported the incredible efforts of c.g.i. thank you. because wherever we travel, all across the globe we see the impact that it's making every single day and we're very proud of what you all do. and let me say that we still miss our former secretary of state. [applause] and i should add that there is nothing that she said that was not true. particularly about us marrying up. [laughter] >> well, that brings me to my first health care comment. this will be a conversation about domestic and international health and america's role in it. i want to begin by telling you that i think the first lady has done a great job in this fight against childhood obesity. we have been honored in our foundation to be asked to represent her effort in 18,000 schools where
and so, please join me in welcoming number 42 and number 44, bill clinton and president barack obama. [applause] >> mr. president. >> are you interviewing me? i've been talking a lot today. that was a good thing you did. thank you for coming. >> it is wonderful to be back and let me start by saying to all the people who have for years now supported the incredible efforts of c.g.i. thank you. because wherever we travel, all across the globe we see the impact that it's making...
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high-end tax rates, bill clinton over george w. bush, bill clinton has won. >> is what i want to say. 82% of bush tax cuts were locked in by the fiscal cliff deal. >> i am talking about high and rates.- high end >> yes. this.not know if you are i would be interested in your response. i do not think we are near done on the revenue side. i have been stressing we have cut 2.8 million over 10 already. if you look at the policy part, 70% has been spending cut -- cuts.30% has been revenues. ism not sure if the optimal 50-50. certainly, 70 -- 30 sounds unbalanced. having locked in 80% of the bush tax cut is not mean we are done. thirdly, i am not sure -- the president in his budget that fourth -- has elaborated, 400 billion dollars in medicaid and medicare cuts and $200 billion in other cuts. you know, i think the analysis you describe sounds accurate to me. >> should he be out pushing the budget? i agree there is a lot of good stuff in the presence question. that's there's a lot of good stuff in the president's budget. should he be out p
high-end tax rates, bill clinton over george w. bush, bill clinton has won. >> is what i want to say. 82% of bush tax cuts were locked in by the fiscal cliff deal. >> i am talking about high and rates.- high end >> yes. this.not know if you are i would be interested in your response. i do not think we are near done on the revenue side. i have been stressing we have cut 2.8 million over 10 already. if you look at the policy part, 70% has been spending cut -- cuts.30% has been...
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i was oblivious to it really. >> you preside over the impeachment president bill clinton. is that something that you wanted to do? >> the way that it happened and the way i heard about it is one of speaker gingrich's staff was if he is going to preside. and he said no that he wanted ray lahood to do it. and i think steve, over that period of time of five years, i had developed a reputation for fairness for doing it by the book, for making sure that everybody was treated respectfully. that everybody got to say what they wanted to say within the time frame within which they were given to say it. and there was a respect on both sides. and because of that the style that i used that speaker gingrich decided. it was his call. >> looking back at the impeachment of bill clinton as a member of congress was it the right thing or was it a mistake? >> henry hyde was the chief of staff in the judiciary committee. a colleague of mine from illinois. he and i were both from illinois. i knew henry very well. i believe that he was a very fair person. i feel that the hearings that he held, t
i was oblivious to it really. >> you preside over the impeachment president bill clinton. is that something that you wanted to do? >> the way that it happened and the way i heard about it is one of speaker gingrich's staff was if he is going to preside. and he said no that he wanted ray lahood to do it. and i think steve, over that period of time of five years, i had developed a reputation for fairness for doing it by the book, for making sure that everybody was treated...
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atently i have been looking economic policies of president bill clinton and his budget. i was looking for copies of his he talks about investing in education and healthcare. neither of the things he proposed during the 1990s -- if we follow what obama is saying and do what bill clinton wanted in the 1990s we could resurface the market economy. host: a couple of comments from facebook this morning -- this is how you join this conversation. a twitter conversation is taking place about the economy, as well -- brian is joining us on the phone. independent line, hello. the aspect of the economy that does not get talked about a lot is the lack of demand. money is very cheap, companies should be going gangbusters, but the demand is not there. notreason the demand is theirs because the american working class and middle class have been feet down -- been beaten down on their ouija on their wage levels. ever since globalization and -- and free-trade come ever since congress has taken over the american working class has been beaten down. it just keeps declining. we never tied togeth
atently i have been looking economic policies of president bill clinton and his budget. i was looking for copies of his he talks about investing in education and healthcare. neither of the things he proposed during the 1990s -- if we follow what obama is saying and do what bill clinton wanted in the 1990s we could resurface the market economy. host: a couple of comments from facebook this morning -- this is how you join this conversation. a twitter conversation is taking place about the...
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bill clinton has endorsed gruel. polling shows that eric garcetti might have a little bit of and a bandage. we are watching what is happening in new york city and boston will have an open the mayoral race as well. host: carol and joining us from arlington, texas, democrats line. caller: my concern about immigration, i watched the hearings the other day and a young man who was on there representing the labor and employment organization said in comments that if the 24% unoynte rierican i am very concerned about that. i was also appalled that the disrespect that was paid to him by the people who were interviewing him, like mr. leahy and all the people on the democric side. the thing because of president obama's direct this involvement with black americans and jobs and his abandonment of us, do you think that there could be a backlash in the 2014 election, where the 93% or the portion of the 93% of the people that voted for him in the election would deny him the president of gaining the house? there is this message fo in
bill clinton has endorsed gruel. polling shows that eric garcetti might have a little bit of and a bandage. we are watching what is happening in new york city and boston will have an open the mayoral race as well. host: carol and joining us from arlington, texas, democrats line. caller: my concern about immigration, i watched the hearings the other day and a young man who was on there representing the labor and employment organization said in comments that if the 24% unoynte rierican i am very...
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the firstrt of shutdown during new the rich and bill clinton. gingrich and bill clinton. there was a call several weeks ago, that was who would be affected by this government shutdown? invariably as you are reading right now, most federal employees will be affected by this. i can give you some background when it comes to the impact of federal employeesurg a government shutdown. in 1990 today balanced the budget on the backs of federal employees. the actually took away social security earnings for those federal employees that were in, what was then, the civil service retirement system. what the media did not cover is that those federal employees, with bill clinton and newt they lostn 1992, three quarters of their social security earnings because they were in the service -- in the civil service retirement system. host: do you think the media is covering enough about the impact ? caller: they are not. federal employees are hard- working people, democrats, republicans, taxpayers. there's this perception that they're going to sit back come and drink coffee, and have their feet
the firstrt of shutdown during new the rich and bill clinton. gingrich and bill clinton. there was a call several weeks ago, that was who would be affected by this government shutdown? invariably as you are reading right now, most federal employees will be affected by this. i can give you some background when it comes to the impact of federal employeesurg a government shutdown. in 1990 today balanced the budget on the backs of federal employees. the actually took away social security earnings...
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the foreword was written by bill clinton. danny, tulsa, oklahoma. democrats only. caller: i notice the taxes were extremely high. i have done some research. the city of detroit was controlled by democrats. they went bankrupt. i am a democrat. i support the unions and i supported obama. this is really sad that you pass a bill and do not read it. the insurance for my friends, my family and people i am associated with, it is just not there. i noticed the younger people are pretty much less responsible than my generation when i was younger. i was born in 1953. they are not going to sign up. this is going to chaos. host: i think we got your point. guest: that is exactly why we need the individual mandate. it is just like auto insurance. if you drive a car, it in most states you have to have auto insurance. we have a mandate that says everybody has to have health insurance or you face a fine. fairly shortly. if you do not have health you have by march 31, to pay a fine. that will encourage the young buyle, healthy people to health insurance. i think what we have to do is
the foreword was written by bill clinton. danny, tulsa, oklahoma. democrats only. caller: i notice the taxes were extremely high. i have done some research. the city of detroit was controlled by democrats. they went bankrupt. i am a democrat. i support the unions and i supported obama. this is really sad that you pass a bill and do not read it. the insurance for my friends, my family and people i am associated with, it is just not there. i noticed the younger people are pretty much less...
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as bill clinton said in the summer, it is about arithmetic. if you have a republican house but a democratic senate, and republicans with substantial power, there is no way we can't solve these problems of the working together. it just cannot happen. the house to be compromised. -- there has to be compromise. i want to see a respectful exchange of opinions. i am sure there are going to be differences. a i am mildly optimistic about where we go. we have tough issues. the sequester, which takes place on march 1, which is arbitrary across-the-board budget cuts in discretionary areas, including defense, the is going to be a disaster, unless we find a way to fix that, at least for this year. i was in a hearing of the armed services committee this morning. i will not give you the depressing figures. thousands of jobs are being cut, and programs. it will end up costing us more money. we have real work to do. we got ourselves into this. we ought to be able to get ourselves out. >> i do think the sequestered trumps all? with this deadline ahead, does th
as bill clinton said in the summer, it is about arithmetic. if you have a republican house but a democratic senate, and republicans with substantial power, there is no way we can't solve these problems of the working together. it just cannot happen. the house to be compromised. -- there has to be compromise. i want to see a respectful exchange of opinions. i am sure there are going to be differences. a i am mildly optimistic about where we go. we have tough issues. the sequester, which takes...
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bill clinton had some real problems in his second term. it raises the question, maybe it tells us more about us and how we cover presidents, than it does about the presidents themselves. if it applies to presidents across the political spectrum, maybe do something about the modern coverage of presidents that predisposes them to problems in a second term. host: where is president obama right now in terms of historically relating to past presidents? politico in a recent story gave this comparison. in the december 8, 2005 gallup three months after hurricane katrina, president bush registered a 43% approval rating with 52% saying they disapproved of his performance. almost eight years later to the day, president obama's approval rating in a gallup poll declined to 41%. guest: first of all, you have two different situations. in the case of the bush presidency, there was a slow, steady, almost leaking of the air out of a balloon. katrina was a critical moment, but you had a fairly steady loss of support for the iraq war and that was kind of a he
bill clinton had some real problems in his second term. it raises the question, maybe it tells us more about us and how we cover presidents, than it does about the presidents themselves. if it applies to presidents across the political spectrum, maybe do something about the modern coverage of presidents that predisposes them to problems in a second term. host: where is president obama right now in terms of historically relating to past presidents? politico in a recent story gave this...